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Fav MC Reads '14

I have developed an addiction to MC reads. I absolutely love them and can't get enough. I tried really hard to narrow my list of favorites down to ten, but I just couldn't take any off this list. They weren't all published this year and they aren't in any particular order. All of them are part of a series and I have read all of them as I patiently (not so much) wait for the next one.

Here are the ones that I loved reading this year.

Shades

by Nicole James

Synopsis

Shades hadn’t seen Skylar in years, and now here she was,
the love of his life, riding back into his life on the back of a brother’s
bike.

For years after Shades had lost Skylar, he’d tried
satisfying the emptiness of losing her with booze, pussy and the club. He’d
turned his frustration at having to give her up into a determination to climb
the ranks of the club, but he hadn’t counted on the fact that the pull he’d
felt toward Skylar had only laid dormant in him all these years. Or that all it
would take to reignite it was just one look at her. And he sure as hell hadn’t
counted on her showing up on the back of a brother’s bike.

When Skylar finally comes back into his life, will his
desire for earning that VP patch stand in the way of any future he could have
with her?

And when a rival MC shows up looking for Skylar, things go
from complicated to damn near impossible.

Does Skylar come with more baggage than Shades is willing to
sign up for?

With the looming threat from the Mancuso Crime Family, the
Forsaken Motorcycle Club is preparing for a war that could destroy them. Grady,
the club’s Sergeant-at-Arms, knows that love makes you weak, and he has zero
interest in adding to his liabilities– especially now. He’s already got his
teenage daughter who keeps him on his toes and a beef within the club that
could fracture his relationship with a fellow brother for good.

For Holly Mercer, her life is finally getting on track and
the last thing she wants is trouble from her hometown’s resident outlaws.
Keeping her nose clean is easier said than done, when suddenly she finds
herself embroiled in club business. Holly might like the idea of being with a
real-life bad boy, but even being in the same room with tough-as-nails Grady
flusters her.

When Holly inadvertently finds herself on Mancuso’s radar,
she has two choices: trust that Grady will protect her, or continue to refuse
the club’s help. Both roads are dangerous, but only one has the chance to
damage her beyond repair.

How does a person decide if their own life is worth
sacrificing to save another?

Shame holds onto a past that haunts him. Damaged by the
parents that should have taught him unconditional love; they imprisoned him
with violence and disregard. Even now, Shame struggles to find both the
independence and love he deserves.

Knowing the blood that runs through him is stained merely by
reputation, Hem seeks acceptance while he searches for ways to redeem himself
in the eyes of those that have judged him his entire life.

Together the two have committed themselves to one purpose;
protecting those they love the most.

Mace Cash is Hem’s younger sister. Although they share the
same mother, Mace’s father despises Hem and his position within the family.

Sadey Lyons has loved Hem all of her life. Swearing to save
herself for him, she’s determined to wait for him for as long as it takes;
wanting only for him to see her as the woman she has become and not the little
girl he’s always cherished.

When Hem and Shame meet Doc, the President of Lights of
Peril Motorcycle Club, their lives take a dramatic turn. Finally escaping from
a past that has controlled them, they find themselves living free.

Emma Galena thinks moonlighting as a medic for the Prairie
Devils MC is tough, and then she meets Tank. No job is supposed to be this
hard, this dangerous, this insane. Neither is her attraction to the tattooed
giant who upends everything.

John "Tank" Richmond has taken more beatings than
anybody for his club. Bullets, knives, and brawls were never half as painful as
the dagger Emma twists in his heart. Tank wants this chick bad, but he won't
have her in his brutal world, knowing it's a one way ticket to suffering.

If only he could forget about claiming the angel who won't
leave his head. If only he could stop the crazy lust boiling his blood every
time he imagines her wearing his brand and nothing else.

PROPERTY OF TANK? Not so fast.

Tank's right about how vicious the underworld can be. Soon,
a broken heart is the least of Emma's worries when a Fed with a grudge ropes
her into a scheme to bring down the Devils for good, testing her loyalty to the
outlaws she's sworn to serve and the man she can't stop loving.

Zara Edgingway is a twenty-six-year-old secretary. She has a
daughter that apparently knows-it-all and a best friend that could possibly
have the mouth of Satan, but she's been with her through hell and back. Then
there's the hunk'a'licious biker neighbour finally showing interest in her.

If only she isn't about to face her next obstacle in life,
the one she ran from six years ago: her ex husband.

Talon Marcus is the president of the Hawks Motorcycle Club.
For two years, he's had his eye on the quiet, reclusive, yet sassy, neighbour
Zara. Finally, he has the chance to claim her as his woman. Just when her past
catches up with her, she'll need, not only his protection, but the help from
his biker brothers.

Mercy is no friend of mine. Karma, she has yet to show
kindness to me.

The hits just keep on coming for Tessie Marie Harlow. She
has never had an easy life. Her mom disabled, her dad long gone, and a single
mom raising a rambunctious little boy, that’s Tessie’s world.

Her childhood aspirations to be a nurse long since
disappeared after a college spring fling both blessed and burdened her with a
baby boy. Dropping out of school, she returns to her hometown and begins to
settle in. Getting the only job she could as a bartender she spends her days
caring for her son and nights serving the Hellions Motorcycle Club and their affiliates.

Tired of waiting for Rex to grow up, she’s faced with the
bane existence of her life until one night changes everything. In the darkest
hour of her merciless ride through life, she’s saved by a quiet, laid back
Hellion.

Andy ‘Shooter’ Jenkins has always been around. Too wrapped
in Rex she has never really noticed him before. He has never been loud or known
to have the girls hanging all over him. He is a mystery. A chance encounter
brings him to her rescue not once but twice.

The Desert Ghosts Motorcycle Club are in town and bring
their own brand of chaos right to Tessie’s door. Forced into her day to day
life, Shooter is doing everything he can to shelter and protect her as lines
are crossed and a war between two clubs begins.

Secrets revealed putting two brothers in the Hellions
Motorcycle Club at a serious crossroads in their lives.

This is not a ride for pleasure. This is not a ride for
safety. This is not a ride for love. This is a ride for endurance. Mercy has
never once shined her grace down for these two, but in the midst of the danger
and lies can they learn to rely on one another and ride it out together?

Morgan Powell was raised to be perfect, to set an example
for her sisters to follow. Her life has been dedicated to making something of
her career, so she wouldn’t know what to do with a man even if you gave her an
instruction manual.

Brett ‘Ice’ Grady spends his days trying to keep up with his
teenage daughter, his nights consumed in Regulators’ MC business. He has no
time for anything more than a casual hookup.

Two worlds collide when the dangers of his life crash into
the calm of hers.

Can she go beyond her own boundaries and chip her way
through to the man known to be as cold as ice?

After ten years of surviving as a walking, talking, living
doll, Laura feels dead inside.

She has sacrificed everything for her family, marrying a man
she could never love. Her husband doesn’t beat her, doesn’t berate her. He
transforms her, forcing her to live as a stand-in for his long dead wife. She
stays silent as piece after piece of herself disappears, willing to do anything
to protect the people she loves.

When his demands go too far, she finally tells her brother
the ugly truth.

Wanting to protect her without putting the rest of their
family at risk, he sends her to the one place he knows she’ll be safe. He
places her into the hands of his best friend, Vice President of the Savage
Outlaws MC.

Once again, she is transformed into someone new; Shay.

Bowie has spent many nights dreaming about his best friend’s
little sister. The reality is so much sweeter than his dreams. He wants to be
more for Shay, needs to protect her, but he’s not sure if he knows how.

Katarina Saunders. Kat to the world, international rock
star. Lead singer for The Grinders.

Until she has an accident that ruins her career and sends
her running into the mountains, away from everything and everyone.

Dane Reynolds, President of the Savage Angels MC. Fierce,
strong and loyal. He’s had his eye on Kat for a while now and has been waiting
for her to come to him but he’s had enough of waiting. He’s decided it’s time
to make her his.

Annie: I've been the good girl too long. I don't drink,
don't smoke, and live at home with my preacher father. The most daring thing
I've ever done is work part-time at the library. Rule-breakers and lawless men
aren't part of my world but not doing doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about it.
And every fantasy I’ve ever had is promising to come true if I just take a
chance.

Easy: The moment I laid eyes on Annie, I knew she was the
one for me and Michigan. We've been partners ever since we served and now we do
everything together. And by everything I mean riding, drinking, and women. If
we can get Annie on board, it'll be perfect. Not only do I have to convince
Annie, though, I need to convince Michigan, too.

Michigan: Easy seems to think sweet, delectable Annie's just
going to fall into our laps. But my one experience with a preacher’s daughter
left me scarred—emotionally and physically. A good girl like Annie wants to
experience a little danger but she doesn’t want to live it and I’m not going
all in unless this is for the long haul.

Three hearts are on a collision course. They will either be
ruined or remade.

In the small town of Fortune, the Death Lords rule the
roads. Come along for the ride.

How can a lawyer and a criminal maintain an enduring
romantic relationship?

Although attorney Hope Kendall cares deeply for President of
the Lost Kings MC, Rochlan "Rock" North, the truth is they come from
completely different worlds. Add to that the fact that they are also both
headstrong people, and they have a very rough road ahead of them.

For Rock that means introducing Hope to what it really means
to be part of his brutal and shady world, where the Lost Kings Motorcycle Club
is his main focus. For Hope it means accepting the things she can’t change, and
understanding that Rock is a man who will do anything to keep her safe.

As Rock continues to draw Hope deeper into his world,
painful misunderstandings, past relationships, and opposition from the members
of his club will threaten to drive them apart.

Dorothy Kelley is a born romantic, searching for her prince.
Instead she finds herself pregnant at fifteen, and a in a loveless marriage by
the tender age of eighteen. Then hope comes riding into her life on a
motorcycle and within weeks, Jason “Jase” Brady, a member of the Hell’s
Horsemen motorcycle club, sweeps Dorothy off her feet.

But nothing is ever simple for Dorothy. Jase is married with
children. And as Dorothy patiently waits for Jase to give her the
happily-ever-after she’s been dreaming about, James “Hawk” Young, a member of
the Hell’s Horsemen with secrets of his own, sees an opening into Dorothy’s
life and takes it. What follows is a long and painful journey of self-discovery
and forgiveness, as Dorothy comes to realize that home was exactly where she’d
left it, and the love she’d forever craved had always been within her reach.

This is the story of Dorothy, Jase, and Hawk.

We are all born pure; it is our journey that burdens us and
leads us astray. Our mistakes that beat us down and cover us in guilt and
shame, burying us a little more with each passing hardship. It is up to us to
dig ourselves out, to come to terms with our faults, to embrace not only our
imperfections but those of the ones we love, and to once again find the path we
strayed from.

He doesn’t do relationships. Neither does she. But they
can’t fight the attraction any longer…

Nash Walker hides the demons that consume his soul. He
buries them deep and distracts himself with sex. Anything to avoid facing a
past full of heartbreak and regret; anything to numb the pain that he struggles
with daily.

Velvet Carr has spent years fighting her demons. It’s a
fight she’s winning. That is, until Nash crashes his way into her life and into
her heart.

It started out as a bit of harmless fun between friends; it
wasn’t meant to get complicated for either of them. But when two broken souls come
together and arouse unwanted feelings in each other, complicated is what
happens.

Can Nash and Velvet help heal each other and revive the love
in their lives that they’ve both been refusing to allow in for years? Or will
they let their demons ruin any chance they may have at happiness?

There are a lot of things in this world that are easy to
escape from. Having a son you didn't ask for isn't one of them.

Mack is a nomad. He likes his own space and he struggles
with emotion. His past is grey and his future looks about the same. That is
until his ex-girlfriend dies and his son is handed over to him. A two month old
baby he didn't know existed. Until now.

His world comes crashing down around him.

Desperate, he hires a nanny.

Jaylah has gotten herself into some serious trouble, so when
she sees the job opening for a nanny pop up, she jumps on it. Of course she's
not a nanny, but she figures she can pull it off. I mean, how hard can it be?

She's thrown into a world of diapers, hourly feedings and a
whole lot of laundry. She's also introduced to the most rugged, gorgeous man
she's ever had the pleasure of meeting.

The best part, he's the baby's father.

The worst part, he's a biker.

Their sexual tension is huge, but he's a hard nut to crack.
She'll get in, though. She makes it her mission to break through the wall Mack
has built so high around himself.

Her world is about to spiral out of control, and she's
taking Mack along for the ride.

Phoenix ‘Nix’ Knight thought pulling his club out of the illegal
shit his Pops got them into was difficult.

Until he meets Kadence.

Kadence Turner has no business lusting over a student’s
father, especially the president of the Knights Rebels MC. Nix is crass,
obnoxious and dangerously sexy and for some reason, Kadence can’t seem to hate
him for it. The bossy biker breaks down her defenses, but unlike the old
Kadence, the woman she is today won’t give in without a fight.

The tension is undeniable, the attraction fierce. A man that
wants what he wants and a woman that will fight him every step of the way.